The obvious venue in which to behold Jon B & mates is the Oxford Jericho on Saturday 7 March, swathed in echoes of fabulous Spiers & Boden memories of past great times.

There is a London date, but sadly not the late lamented Spitz but the nearly as good Luminaire on Wednesday, but I'll be somewhere else.

I'm still (unusually) lost for words on the subject of how excellent in all aspects Songs From The Floodplain is